Fastening device



No'. 752,372.V y PATENTED PBB.16,1904.

' H. E. BERKEY.'

FASTENING DEVICE.v

APPLIoATIoN FILED MAY 11, 1903.

No MODEL.

To @ZZ whom it mag/concern:

UNITED STATES Patented February 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FSTENING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,372, dated February 16, 1904.

' Application filed May 11, 1903. l Serial No. 156,588. (lo model.)

Be it knownY that I, HARVEY E. BEEKEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Monongahela, in the `county of Washing ton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specication, reference being had 'therein to the accompanying drawings.v

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in .fastening .'devices, such as are ordinarily employed in garmentsupporters and analogous devices; and the invention has for its object to construct a device of this kind which may be advantageously ,used in connection with many articles of personal` wear, such as Suspenders, belts, hosesupporters, and the like. v

My invention consists in the employment of two members, one of which has a stud or head and the other of which has a catch adapted to engage with the stud or head; and the object of the invention is to construct a de-Y vice of this lcharacter f in which the catch member will be securely fastened to the other member and adevice in which the two members when fastened together will lie so closely to a fiat position as to not impart any discomw fort whatever to the wearer, all of which will be hereinafter specifically described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

A further object of the present inventionA is to constructa device of this character which may be used in connection with garment-sup: porters or the like of various descriptions, the connection between the two members being substantially the same in all constructions to which the device may be adapted.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is hadY to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure l is a plan view, partly in perspective, showing the construction of the device as employed for a hose-supporter. Fig.` 2 is a detail perspective view of the headed member of the fastener. Fig. 3 is a like view of the catch member. Fig. Liis a cross-sectional f view of the headed member. Fig. 5 is a side for a yhook and eye. Fig. 1 1 is a like viewV showing the fastener as constructed and particularly adapted for use in connection with ladies dress-skirts, pantaloons, or the like.

As shown in Figs. l to8, inclusive, the fas-V tening comprises a plate' member 1 of asomewhat triangular shape, being provided adjacent its ends with slots y2, which are adapted t receive a tape or band 3, forming a part of the hose-supporter. This' plate `member l is provided centrally of the length of its,

longest arc with segmentshaped slots 4., placed so as to be within the bounds of a circle, the material between these segmentshaped slots being connected to the top of the plate by necks 6. A disk or head 5 is forced out beyond the plane of the upper face of the plate member 1 and is provided centrally of its upper face with a small depression 7. The catch member embodies a loop or eye 8, provided with an extension or lug 9, which eX- tension or lug has slots therein forming a tongue 11, adapted to lie over the top of the head or button 5, as seen in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings, and provided with a depression 12 forming a small head or stud which is adapt- 4ved to engage in the depression 7 in the upper face of the head or button 5. VThe inner portion of the lug 9 and the adjacent portion of the loop 8 are formed on their under faces with concave portion 14, which is adapted to receive the head or button 5, as seen in Fig. 8 of the drawings, prior to engaging the two devices, the engagement being effected by placing the head or button 5 in the depression and then pulling'outwardly on onemember or the other, so as to engage the lips of the lug 9 in under the head or button 5.

In Fig. 9 the construction of the device is similar in all respects in so far as the fastening is concerned and is particularly adapted for use on belts and the like. In said construction the members 16 17 are each provided with a loop 18 to receive the respective ends of the belt 19. The headed stud or button corners with loops or eyes 22 to permit of the,

sewing of the hook member and eye member to the garment. catch are of the same constructlon as afore described. Also in Fig. ll I show the deviceconstructed as particularly adapted for'use in connection with ladies skirts and as a fastening for pantaloons and in this construction provide two plate members 23 24, respectively, provided at their ends with barbs 25, adapted? to be inserted underneath the fabric, and'each may be, if desired, provided with eyes 26 to permit of their being sewed or stitched in position.

catch member are of thev same construction as afore described.

Various other ways of applyingthe inven- I tion and its adaptability to various devices in the nature of garment-fasteners or analogous devices will readily suggest themselves.

The head or button and the The headed stud or button and the- Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, v and.: desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A fastening device of the character described Ycomprising two interlocking members, one of said members being provided with a head extending1 upwardly therefrom',l provided in its upper face with a depression, said head having integral necks connecting the same with said member, said member being further provided with segmental slots formed therein,

and the other of said members comprising a plate having a loop formed with a depression in its under face, an extended portion having lslots therein formed integral with the loop, a

tongue formed by the material between saidY slots, said material being bent upwardly from the-saidy extended portion andfbeing provided with` al depression forming alugy on the under face thereof adapted tofseat in the depression of" thelsaidI stud, of the first-named member, said; extended portion being further provided with a concave surface adapted to-receive the yhead of the said stud, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARVEY E. BERKEY. Witnesses JAs. W'. DRAPE, E. E. POTTER. 

